The David D. Caron Praelium 2025 will take place at The Harmonie Club in New York City on Thursday, 20 November.

Leading international advocates Anneliese Day KC and Patrick W. Pearsall will deploy their advocacy skills before a three-member tribunal comprising Samaa A. Haridi, The Honorable Charles N. Brower, and Professor George A. Bermann. The event will form part of New York Arbitration Week.

An application requesting CLE credit for this activity is pending approval by the State Bar of New York. The program is designed to provide 1.5 hours of general credit toward the New York CLE requirement.

Guests should plan to arrive by 5:00 pm, as the event will begin promptly at 5:30 pm. A canapés and drinks reception will follow the advocacy segment.

To register, please click here: https://communications.threecrownsllp.com/20/111/landing-pages/rsvp-blank.asp

THE TRIBUNAL

SAMAA A. HARIDI

Samaa Haridi is a civil and common law-trained, trilingual lawyer with over 20 years of experience representing clients from all over the world in international commercial and investment arbitration, under the rules of all major arbitral institutions. Samaa has been singled out by clients for being “spectacular”, “outstanding,” “energetic and determined,” a “magnificent lawyer,” and “really, really phenomenal” (Chambers USA). Sources also acknowledge her as being a “first-class arbitration lawyer; one of the best in the region” (Lexology Index) and a “global leader” whose “reputation is sky rocketing” (Lexology Index). She is one of fifteen international arbitration practitioners in North America singled out by Lexology Index as a Global Elite Thought Leader – Arbitration.

THE HONORABLE CHARLES N. BROWER

Judge Brower has recently served as Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice in three active contentious cases, as a result of which he is the most-appointed of the only five Americans ever so appointed, has been a Judge of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal since 1983, and in the past served as Judge ad hoc of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. He is a member of Twenty Essex Chambers in London and has served as Distinguished Visiting Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. Previously, Judge Brower served as Acting Legal Adviser of the United States Department of State, as Deputy Special Counsellor to the President of the United States, and as a partner at White & Case LLP, where he co-founded the firm’s Washington, DC office. Among other honors, Judge Brower has been awarded the ASIL Manley O. Hudson Medal, U.C. Berkeley Law School’s Stefan A. Riesenfeld Memorial Award, the ABA Section of International Law’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the ITA-CAIL’s Pat Murphy Award, GAR’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award of the Center for American and International Law.

PROFESSOR GEORGE A. BERMANN

Professor George A. Bermann is the Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law, and the director of the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration (CICIA) at Columbia Law School. He principally teaches courses in transnational dispute resolution (international arbitration and litigation) and European Union law. George is an active international arbitrator in commercial and investment disputes; chief reporter of the ALI’s Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration; co-author of the UNCITRAL Guide to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards; chair of the Global Advisory Board of the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC); co-editor-in-chief of the American Review of International Arbitration; founding member of the governing body of the ICC Court of Arbitration; chair of the advisory board of the Center for International Investor-State and Commercial Arbitration (CIICA) (Lahore, Pakistan), and the Thai Arbitration Center (Bangkok, Thailand); and member of the board of the Tehran Regional Arbitration Center (Tehran, Iran).

THE ADVOCATES

ANNELIESE DAY KC

Anneliese Day KC is one of the leading Silks at the Bar, described as a “powerhouse”, with a stellar reputation for being “a standout genius” who is “untouchable on her feet” with a “towering intellect”. The breadth and depth of her expertise is demonstrated by her selection as one of just twenty one ‘Stars at the Bar’ by Chambers & Partners, who note her to be “one of the most formidable commercial barristers in the world… her advocacy style is very authoritative… her strategic mind is exceptional”.

She combines this legal acumen with having “the Midas touch in the way she communicates with clients and solicitors… you feel enormously supported and empowered when Anneliese rolls up her sleeves for you”. Anneliese’s practice as “a leading lawyer of her generation” and “a ruthlessly brilliant advocate” covers all facets of commercial litigation and arbitration (as both lead counsel and arbitrator). She has worked on significant and complex cases (at both first instance and appellate level) in the UK and Ireland, Asia Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East. One of the limited number of “Stars at the Bar”, she is recognised as a “leading light” in multiple practice areas by the legal directories not only in the UK but in a variety of jurisdictions around the world and as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Lexology Index.

PATRICK W. PEARSALL

Patrick W. Pearsall is an international arbitration and disputes partner in the Washington DC office of Gibson Dunn. He is Global Co-Chair of the Geopolitical Strategy and International Law practice. Patrick is Chambers ranked in multiple practice areas and focuses on helping clients resolve complex disputes, respond to crises, and protect themselves in dozens of jurisdictions throughout the world. He has litigated in U.S. courts at the highest levels and has practiced under all of the world’s leading arbitral rules. Patrick regularly advises sovereign states and Fortune 500 companies and is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts in the world on international law. Clients describe Patrick as a “rockstar” with an “unmatched razor-sharp mind” who is an “incredible,” “terrific advocate and a real thought leader.”

Patrick’s experience cuts across several industries, including energy, mining, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, maritime, fisheries, financial services, infrastructure, geographic boundaries, consumer products, emergent technology, and manufacturing. Clients reach out to Patrick at all stages of a potential or active dispute. In addition to his commercial and treaty disputes work, Patrick is often called upon to assist companies, executives, and sovereign states when they are struggling with exposure from a geopolitical crisis. Patrick is a recognized specialist in investment protection and dispute avoidance. He has successfully resolved claims involving tens of billions of dollars for clients.